NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GX2 Quad SLI Performance @ FiringSquad

Sandok · May 2, 2006, 04:15 PM

Source: FiringSquad
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One feature both ATI and NVIDIA are touting with their latest GPUs is the ability to game at extremely high screen resolutions with very playable frame rates. 1600x1200, long considered to be a challenging resolution for even the most expensive GPUs, isn’t enough, we’re talking screen resolutions as high as 2048x1536 and 2560x1600.

At resolutions this high even a mighty GPU like the GeForce 7900 GTX will begin to chug in certain situations in some games, particularly once anti-aliasing is turned on. This is where NVIDIA’s SLI technology comes in.

With SLI, a second graphics card is added to the system, splitting the graphics rendering workload between both graphics cards for improved performance.

Zardon · May 2, 2006, 04:16 PM

seems a waste of time unless you have a 30 inch screen running at 2500+ resolution

mike2h · May 2, 2006, 05:22 PM

& money.
i see this being a little more viable in a year or 2. 20" - 24" monitors are becoming more common. multiple monitor setups with good to high quality products could actually make use of all that power.
of course there is still bugs to be worked out & spending that kind of money - comp that can actually get the best perf out of that array + the cards themselves + monitor(s) that can actually make use of all that to only function marginally is ridiculous.
but some people have to much $$(though i never could

) & some people have to have the latest/greatest regardles if they can afford it or not.
so these thigs will sell wich is good for the rest of us way down the road.

May 2, 2006, 04:15 PM	#1
Sandok DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 9,472 Rep Power: 0	NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GX2 Quad SLI Performance @ FiringSquad Source: FiringSquad __________ One feature both ATI and NVIDIA are touting with their latest GPUs is the ability to game at extremely high screen resolutions with very playable frame rates. 1600x1200, long considered to be a challenging resolution for even the most expensive GPUs, isn’t enough, we’re talking screen resolutions as high as 2048x1536 and 2560x1600. At resolutions this high even a mighty GPU like the GeForce 7900 GTX will begin to chug in certain situations in some games, particularly once anti-aliasing is turned on. This is where NVIDIA’s SLI technology comes in. With SLI, a second graphics card is added to the system, splitting the graphics rendering workload between both graphics cards for improved performance.

May 2, 2006, 05:22 PM	#3
mike2h DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: norcal Posts: 6,483 Rep Power: 91 System Specs	& money. i see this being a little more viable in a year or 2. 20" - 24" monitors are becoming more common. multiple monitor setups with good to high quality products could actually make use of all that power. of course there is still bugs to be worked out & spending that kind of money - comp that can actually get the best perf out of that array + the cards themselves + monitor(s) that can actually make use of all that to only function marginally is ridiculous. but some people have to much $$(though i never could) & some people have to have the latest/greatest regardles if they can afford it or not. so these thigs will sell wich is good for the rest of us way down the road. __________________

May 2, 2006, 04:16 PM	#2
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	seems a waste of time unless you have a 30 inch screen running at 2500+ resolution